What kind of aquarium/tank fish is this?
Whenever I go to my dentist office, or other places that have tanks, I see this small fish about 3-4 inches. They are grey with a little black and they look like miniture nurse sharks.
They aren’t Bala Sharks or Iridescent Sharks, and when I see them they don’t move a lot, it actually doesn’t move from the bottom it has a mouth on the bottom… like i said it always swims around the bottom of the tank.
they are gray with black spots on their back and they have s cylinder body, lt has the same shape of a nurse shark only it’s about 4 inches.
has really tiny wiskers
kinda looks like this http://www.richard-seaman.com/Underwater/Belize/FishYouMightNotWantToMeet/NurseShark.jpg
http://www.scubainkorea.com/Downloads/Files_For_Download/Permanent/Nurse_Shark.JPG
but smaller and black spots on it’s back
In addition to above, a clown loach that has faded colors is a possibility, but I’m not confident enough to really say that’s what it is. I have seen CL’s stressed enough their typical brown was white/greyish in several local sellers. I’d think this is not the case and I’m thinking that you are saying shark as it has a top pointed fin? What is the overall body shape? Is it more cylindrical or more boxlike? Whiskers on it? How about the underfins? I’m figuring getting a picture for us is out of the question in this case, so alot of guessing is going to be involved.
JV
Sounds like Bala Sharks to me. If not then possibly Iridescent Sharks. Check the links below.
Next Guess:
Possibly a Sucker Barb or Siam Highfin Shark (Barbichthys Nitidus)?
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Does your dentist have a salt water tank?
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http://www.bbayaquariums.com/select-action.cfm?ID=9
it sounds like some sort of bottom-feeder.
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could be a silver pitcus catfish, young ones tend to be very active, but if you saw a one that is less active, it could be an older specimen.
it could be alot of other species, as grey and black is a common coloration.
Another thing that comes to mind is a SAE and a flying fox.
Again it can be a wide range of species, but if you can edit with some more details, like what kind of black, IE spots, stripes etc…
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In addition to above, a clown loach that has faded colors is a possibility, but I’m not confident enough to really say that’s what it is. I have seen CL’s stressed enough their typical brown was white/greyish in several local sellers. I’d think this is not the case and I’m thinking that you are saying shark as it has a top pointed fin? What is the overall body shape? Is it more cylindrical or more boxlike? Whiskers on it? How about the underfins? I’m figuring getting a picture for us is out of the question in this case, so alot of guessing is going to be involved.
JV
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It could be a pictus cat fish. Warning , though, those are babies — they grow to a footlong. That doctor’s office has babies.
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That sounds like some kind of cory cat or a pleco
check out the following links, hope you will find it
http://www.peteducation.com/category_summary.cfm?cls=16&cat=1923
http://scotcat.com/home.htm
Hope that helps
good luck
EB
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